Combination player-piano and phonograph.



E. s. vofrBY.

COMBINATION PLAYER PIANO ANII PH NOGBAPH.

.nPLwATIoN rum 00L-1.1 ps1 994,489, Patented June o, 1911.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT OFFICE.

ynnwIN s. voTEY, E SUM-MIT, NEW JERSEY, `ns`sref1tton yTo THE AEoLrAN coNPANY,

0E NEW ironic, N. Y., A coEPonATroN cF CONNECTICUT.

connzINATIoNy rnarEnPrIANo ANn :PHoNoGnAPn Beit known that-I, EDWIN S. VOTEY, a

citizen `of the United States -residing at Summit, .in ,the county of Unignand State of YNew J ersey,-have invented new-and usef ful Improvements 4in Combinationf Player- Pianos and Phonographs, offwhich the yfollowing is a specification. 0

The object of this inventionis to provldea l newv and. improvedcombination player v piano and phonograph in which the-player piano and the phonogra h are `each apro-v vided with a separate an independent moplayer mechanism aloneA 'from' the phonograph motor or at the same time 'to operate operator.v

In the drawin matically one em odiment of my invention in which Iv make use of a systemv of vconnections between the motors and instruments in which the connections are made disconnectibleto the attainment of the above re- -su'lts by means of clutches.

' and the spring motor for t e phonograph being located within the casing of the' phonograph as is usual -with those mechanisms. On the other hand, they may be .gven'an suitableposition.

Accor ing to my invention, a connection in theform of a shaft 14 andl gearing 15- and .55 ing gearing and the photograph. This 'con 16 is providedbetweenf the music yroll `drivthe'piano player by its motor and the phonograph by .its motor, all at the will of thelr The single ii ure of .the drawings is a *nection includesv two clutches and 18 on opposite sides vof a gear A19. By means of Specification of Letters Patent. Patented 1111956, 19.11.

the clutches, thetwo instruments .may be Y disconnected.- A connection 20 including a' clutch 21 -is providedbetween the'plano.

player-driving ymotor 11, which, it may be sai is of the pneumatic type, andthe eo'nnection I14 through gea'r 22 meshing with gear 19.l By means of clutch 21 the `pneumatic' 'motor 11 may be disconnected yfrom the shaft -14 at will. By meansof-bevel cog wheels 23 'and 24, the phonographis driven from its spring motor,13 and .this connecl'tion canbe'opened orc-closed ,by means of a clutch. 25. i 4

The operations of the devices of-m'y'finven tion through the disconnectible connections provided ara-easy -to follow..

rFirst, the-phonograph and ypiano player'v "may be operated 1n synchronism by the sov pneumatic motor 11 independently of the 4spring motor -13 byt-he closing Aof clutches 21, 17 and 18 and the 'openin of clutch 25,`

the clutches'beinpV eanyrother#suitab elmanner. This operation is 4the I"nmal operation.

ated `i'nde'pendiit' yy -f-any othenpartsby its `springmotor-131m renderl prose cr-other selectionsat will, it being 'necessary only to open clutch r18'andcloseclutch 25.' This in-l ldependentoperation 'of the phonograph is very desirablein a number of instances, and 'avoids 'theexpenseincident to a separate instrumentfor talking or rendering Vselections independently of the piano.

Third, both'the phonogra 'player may be o erated y the spring motor independentlyo the piano player motor 11.

To vsecure -this operation, the clutch 21 is opened while ,clutches 17, 18l and 25 are closed. l"'On failure of power or'ondamage tothe piano player-motor or other cause, the instruments may `thus be operated "in clir'onism fromthe spring motor of the p onograph.

Fourth, the piano alone may be operated bythespring motor, the same-operating connections being made, but the phonograph'.

record 'disk and lreproducing apparatus-being thrown out of operation by any '.of'the controlled y levers erin 'j Secondly, "the 'honograph' may beop'er; I have shown diagram` h andthe piand l l los usual devices, or the disk 12 beingremoved from the machine. The phonograph without the reproducing apparatus 1n ,operation fins "an almost negligible load, and the110 ation is secured by closing clutches 21 and 17 spring motor may readily drive the piano player.

Fifth, the phonograph may be drivenl by the pneumatic motor independentlyA of the piano player mechanism. v This operation is accomplished by opening clutches 17 and 25 and closing clutches 21 and 18.

Sixth, the piano player may be driven in the usual manner inl which automatic pianos are driven by pneumatic motors without the operation of the phonograph. This operand opening clutch 18. And, lastly, either or both the .phonograph or the piano player may be operated by both 'of the motors together. Such an operation may be found very desirable in cases where the power motor is weak. In this operation, of course, all of the clutches are closed and the entire system of connections is operated.

l. In combination, two mechanical musical instruments, an independent motor for driving the mechanism of each instrument, and coupling and power transmitting devices for coupling the mechanism of either or both instruments to either or both motors.

2. In combination, a piano player mechanism, a motor for the same, a phonograph, a motor for the same and powerv transmitting means, and coupling devices for coupling the piano player mechanism or the phonograph toeither or both motors.

3. In combination, a piano player mechanism, a motor for the same, a phonograph, a spring motor for the same, and power transmitting means and coupling devices for cou pling the piano player or the phonograph,l

either to the piano player motor or ,to the spring motor or both.

4. In-combination, two mechanical musical instruments each controlled by its own record element,- an independent motor for driving the record element of each :instrument, and coupling and power transmitting devices for coupling the record element of either or both instruments to either or both motors.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDWIN s. voTEY.

Witnesses E. W. NORTH, GEORGE BALLA.

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